Anna Brown was off to an orchard when she answered my call on Monday, July 3, 2017. When we rescheduled our call and started talking later that day, I began to get the impression that Anna is off to an…
Week Two of Orchard Explorers, on planting and composting, proved to be yet another exciting, educational, and interactive experience. The seven Explorers and their parents expanded on the soil lesson from Expedition 1 and focused on Composting and Planting here…
Summertime is in full swing here at Weaver’s Orchard! Sometimes the pace of life can be rather frantic, but there’s just something about the warm summer days and birds singing in the morning that beckons us outside. With my kiddos’…
If you’ve been following the ways we’ve been growing here at Weaver’s Orchard, then I’m sure you have been perched on the edge of your seat in anticipation for an Orchard Explorers update. Why We Think This Program Is Important…
The idea of “Agritainment”—inviting the general public to enjoy a slice of life on the farm—is nothing new at Weaver’s Orchard. Throughout the last decade and a half Weaver’s Orchard has transformed much of the area surrounding the market into…
If you’ve ever cared for a child or been around a toddler for any length of time, you will understand the frustration of the “simple” task of feeding them. One week the said two year old will eat nothing but…
After the holiday season this year, I found myself with leftover fresh cranberries, and I thought vegan cranberry orange muffins might just be a delicious way to use them up! The orange in this recipe helped brighten our mood as…
What do farmers do in winter? We’re often asked this question. While work does slow down some, here at Weaver’s Orchard there is never a lack of jobs to be done. Tackling Projects on the Home Front Winter is a…
Bittersweet and rose hips grew wild alongside the driveway of my childhood home. Sometimes, in high school, I would clip some and use it to decorate my bedroom. Imagine that. Fall decor, there for the taking. Having lived in urban or…
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” says the writer Annie Dillard. And, since it’s back-to-school time, many parents are spending portions of their days making sandwiches. Whether peanut butter and jelly, egg salad,…